California’s monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat
- The number of monarch butterflies in the Western United States has decreased to 9,119 in 2024, a 96% drop from 233,394 in 2023, marking the second-lowest count since the survey began in 1997.
- A heat wave in July 2024 contributed to the decline, with temperatures in Palm Springs reaching a record 51.1 degrees Celsius .
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing monarchs as threatened, which would protect 1,779 hectares in California and prohibit harmful actions against them.
- Emma Pelton from the Xerces Society stated that the cause of the sharp population drop is unclear, and the long-term effects on Western monarchs remain uncertain.
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